The scope of the project is so large that people behind some of Namco's major franchises have stepped in to help.
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The next Super Smash Bros. game, which will be a collaborative effort between Nintendo and Namco Bandai, has taken top priority at Namco, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada confirmed in an interview with NowGamer.
"Obviously it’s a big priority for the company," Harada ellaborates further, "so company-wide there are a lot of people involved with that particular project. Not just from Tekken but a lot of our franchises. "
Hara also explained that the core Tekken team is still working on completing Tekken Tag Tournament 2, but that a great deal of the team is also at work on the next Smash Bros. game. Also, Harada revealed that one of the most popular questions they have received from gamers ever since the game was announced is whether we can expect appearances from Namco Bandai characters.
"We’re not really sure at this moment but when thinking of the playerbase who is playing Smash Bros, maybe Tekken characters is something they wouldn’t want, so I’ve been pulling back on that a bit. But I don’t know."
Namco Bandai's involvement with the game was revealed on June 21 during Nintendo Direct. Series director Masahiro Sakurai will be working with Namco Bandai's developers.
I would like Tekken characters along with a volcano stage to throw people in.
I would like Tekken characters along with a volcano stage to throw people in.
I have a mixed feeling about Tekken characters being in Smash Bros., and would rather them to just improve the characters that have the same moves and give them new distinct move sets from their series. As for volcano stage, there's already Norfair.
Pac-Man is the obvious choice even if he's more Mr. Game and Watch than Mario. I would really like to see KOS-MOS due to her being created by Nintendo owned Monolith Soft who also helped develop Brawl. I'm not holding my breath but I think she'd be a cool addition. And I wish Nintendo would attain the rights to Xenosaga and have Monolith Soft finish their series.
I'm not sure who would best represent modern Namco. Heihachi Mishima maybe, but he's already showing up inSony Smash Bros.Playstation All-Stars if that matters. Nightmare?
I'm not sure who would best represent modern Namco. Heihachi Mishima maybe, but he's already showing up inSony Smash Bros.Playstation All-Stars if that matters. Nightmare?
Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada has stated that Jin is his favorite character in the overall series alongside Heihachi Mishima as he states that the story fromTekken is written from Jin's perspective because of being the main character. Jin's concept was that of an innocent young kid corrupted with evil powers that would become one of the series' greatest villains as crafted by Harada for ten years.[15] As a result of being introduced as the protagonist in Tekken 3, Jin's movements were made to be balanced so that he would not have neither strong or weak movesets, which caused difficulties in the design of the character.[16] As Jin has no model for his fighting style, several of his karate moves were created by the Tekken staff.
Anyway, I would be super surprised if Pac-Man didn't show up as playable (along with the ghosts Pinky, Blinky, Inky, and Clyde in some capacity).
I would prefer it if Namco's involvement with this game didn't extend to the roster of characters. The only mascot-style character they have is Pac-Man and he doesn't exactly have much to draw upon for a moveset. If a character is added to Smash Bros., they are always more interesting if their attacks are derived from the games they're from.
PacMan could get power pellets and all other characters would turn blue and he could eat them. Holy hell that would be cool.
Pac-Man (hopefully NOT controlling a Mokujin) ...But you could only suggest what he does and hurt him if he doesn't do it. Points if you get the reference
But you could only suggest what he does and hurt him if he doesn't do it. Points if you get the reference